Dead Space would have sold more if it controlled like Resident Evil 5.

I LOVED Dead Space and would eat a sequel up like candy!

I want Mirrors Edge but I am waiting for a price drop as a game I can beat in ~5 hours with little replay value didn't sit well with a full purchase.

Dead Space was one of the best games I played last year. I loved every second of it. We need more Dead Space!!!

I really thought Dead Space was one of the best games I played last year. Right up there with Fallout 3. As far as sales go didn't Dead Space sell better than EA had expected?

Mirror's Edge was a fantastic game. It never frustrated me nor did the mechanics cheat me resulting my death. I think there was one real reason why Mirror's Edge sold poorly...

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A 4 hour game for $60? Really? You're shitting me right? At least it has multiplayer chases and races... Ohh wait no it doesn't. What does it have? Time trial runs that REUSE the god damn areas I already played through? Weak. Some people may enjoy the time trials but there are a lot of other people who probably won't give a ****.

You're probably giving me that look now. The "Not every game needs multiplayer you idiot" look. The simple fact is there needs to be something to draw me back into the title after I've played in once. Fantastic single player games will get multiple plays from me (Wind Waker, Resident Evil 4, SM Sunshine, etc). Most games however I'm probably not going to be replaying anytime soon. Now I don't expect a game like bioshock to have multiplayer but damn it give me something beyond the 6 hours.

As graphics improve the problem just gets worse. Games get more expensive and at the same time shorter in length. Soon we'll reach the point where 5 hours will be the norm for $70. Then 4 hours for $80. It's no wonder people demand more these days.

For example Mass Effect had to be the shortest RPG I've ever played at about 15 hours (Doing side quests too). Also had the most repetitive content I might add. All the side planets you can explore look identical and share a set of 4 rooms with different box layouts inside to look different (You find the same room on multiple planets I mean. Pretty much defines Deja Vu). Very lazy when compared to Knights of the Old Republic which has side quests that were you know... Genuinely interesting. I actually wanted to complete them not for rewards but rather because they were fun. KotOR was also a 25-35 hour RPG. Whaaa? Non-repetative content and it's a longer game? Well I'll be damned.

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Summary: Mirror's Edge lacks value at $60. Dead Space sold well from what I heard.

Dead Space is a great achievement in survival horror storytelling. The pacing, atmosphere and mechanics were excellent. I just finished it earlier this week and am on my second playthrough, even though I have a ton of other games to get to.

I haven't tried Mirror's Edge yet, but Dead Space...mmm, Dead Space...we need more of that. Much more. That game was just so well done, I couldn't get enough of it.

That's odd, Dead Space was considered the most succesful new IP of last year.

Maybe EA expected more sales?

Regardless, its nice to see them sticking with it.

Dead Space yay. Mirror's Edge fuck no.

I think I would have to disagree with what seems to be the general consensus here, and I say that I thought Dead Space was a middling game. While it was presented fairly well, I thought it overran any sort of dread value (which I believes makes a horror game truly great) with pop-out-and-startle-you enemies that were easy to dispatch if you didn't panic. In short, I thought it was a decent game that added nothing new or original to the horror genre.

Mirror's Edge, on the other hand, while certainly frustrating and far from perfect was, to my mind, a groundbreaking entry into the first person genre that will be influencing the way games are made from now on. Just last night I was playing Killzone 2 and wishing my guy could pull himself over a chest high obstacle instead of having to run around it. In the future, I think many more games will have options like this and that they'll have Mirror's Edge to thank for it.

Plus, Mirror's Edge was just more fun.

They should merge the franchises into Dead Space's Edge. Instead of dismembering the zombies, you have to run and escape from them by jumping around the ship.

I hope this gives them reason to pursue more new IPs, instead of feeling like they've risked enough and be content with these two future franchises.

Am I the only person, after getting Mirror's Edge on launch day, to still be playing it regularly now? I paid £40 for it and it's now four months later and I'm still getting use out of it. Still want a sequel though.